New HBS Record For Female Admits

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLASS OF 2014

Characteristic	Class of 2014	Class of 2013	Class of 2012
Size of Class	925	905	876
Applications	8,963	9,331	10,368
Acceptance Rate	13%	12%	10%
Yield	90%	89%	89%
Women	40%	39%	36%
U.S. Ethnic Minorities	24%	23%	23%
International	32%	34%	34%
Average Age	27	27	26
Countries Represented	69	68	73
Undergraduate institutions represented	270	243	243
Median GMAT	730	730	724
GMAT Range	570 — 790	490 — 790	510 — 790
Citizenship: North American	72%	70%	70%
U.S.	68%	66%	66%
Asia/South Pacific	12%	13%	13%
Europe	10%	10%	12%
Central/South America	3%	4%	3%
Africa	1%	2%	1%
Oceania	2%	1%	1%
Undergraduate Majors:
Business	43%*	20%	23%
Engineering/Natural Sciences/Technical	34%	36%	33%
Humanities/Social Sciences	22%	43%	43%
Pre-MBA Work Experience:
Consulting	20%	21%	22%
Consumer Products	6%	6%	7%
Financial Services	12%	12%	14%
Venture Capital/Private Equity	16%	13%	18%
Healthcare/biotech	7%	6%	6%
High Tech/Communications	9%	9%	6%
Manufacturing	7%	14%	9%
Military	5%	5%	5%
Non-Profit	9%	8%	7%
Other Services	5%	5%	5%

Source: Harvard Business School admissions. Asterisk indicates change in category to business and economics from business in previous years

Notes: HBS also has changed a few categories for pre-MBA experience. For the Class of 2014, for example, it added an energy category which accounts for 4% of the incoming students.

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